Daily Archives: August 20, 2014

The following post is from 2010 Siemens STEM Institute Fellow, Lissa Moses. Lissa invites you to learn more about her work by going to http://www.mosamack.org and reviewing her presentation at the 2014 Siemens STEM Institute here: http://www.siemenssteminstitute2014.com/daily-blog/mosamack-science-detective She also has a special offer for all Discovery Educator Network educators. See below for more details. Reflections and an Opportunity

Welcome the DE Summer School special edition of SOS. Our S.O.S series provides help, tips, and tricks for integrating DE media into your curriculum. During August, we’ll be featuring our STAR Community’s favorite strategies and how they have made them their own. AEIOU original post AEIOU PDF link to all PDFs in the SOS series

Digital Leader Corps is rooted in the development of teacher leaders as agents of change to build and nurture a culture of continuous improvement grounded at the intersection of three fundamental components: pedagogy, change knowledge, and technology. The Teacher Leader Model Standards are the backbone of our work to grow teacher leaders. The standards were

In this installment of One Idea With: Discovery Education Senior Vice President Scott Kinney interviews 20-year classroom teacher and ASCD author Mark Barnes. The author of Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom, Mr. Barnes’ One Idea focuses on the future of grading and assessment. Watch the video below to learn more,

Happy DENsday! Every Wednesday during the month of August, we’ll be sharing a DEN Program to explore more! Looking for people to engage in a conversation about educational topics? Look no further… #DENChat is back! Every Thursday at 8:00 PM EST, you can join this Twitter chat to connect and learn. Hosted by various DEN

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Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text

“I have to present Discovery Education to my staff. What should I share?” I’ve seen the conversation arise on Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo, and Google+, so in light of everyone heading back to school, I thought I would share my favorite ten things to showcase in Discovery Education. Some may even be new to you!

One of my least favorite trends in education is hatin’ on PowerPoint. Visual presentation in and of itself isn’t the problem! A quick glance of Google search results for “PowerPoint meme” sums up the anti-PowerPoint narrative sweeping the web: PowerPoints can be dreadfully boring, and relying solely on teacher-centered instruction is problematic. That being